30 species
Birds in Oceania
Here are 30 species of birds that live in Oceania. Every species has its own page with measurements, habitat, behaviour, IUCN conservation status and sources.
Seabirds8
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
0.19–0.45 kg
10–20 yrs
CoastWetlandTundra+1
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
0.53–0.78 kg
12–30 yrs
CoastWetlandLake+2
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
45–90 g
5–15 yrs
WetlandCoastTundra+1
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
0.14–0.27 kg
5–15 yrs
WetlandCoastLake+5
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
0.19–0.28 kg
10–20 yrs
CoastWetlandTundra+1
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
42–63 g
10–21 yrs
CoastWetlandRiver+2
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
95–220 g
10–20 yrs
CoastTundraWetland+1
Least Concern
🦅 Seabirds
Sanderling
Calidris alba
40–65 g
5–12 yrs
CoastWetlandOcean+2
Other22
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
0.22–0.35 kg
20–30 yrs
GrasslandWoodlandFarmland+3
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
0.46–1 kg
10–24 yrs
WetlandGrasslandFarmland+6
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
0.727–1.014 kg
10–21 yrs
WetlandCoastMangrove+4
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
0.27–0.512 kg
5–17 yrs
WetlandGrasslandFarmland+3
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Common Coot
Fulica atra
0.585–0.8 kg
5–18 yrs
WetlandLakeRiver+3
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
82–143 g
4–12 yrs
UrbanGardenFarmland+3
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
40–60 g
5–12 yrs
WetlandRiverLake+2
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
60–96 g
2–15 yrs
FarmlandGrasslandUrban+5
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
18–60 kg
10–20 yrs
GrasslandSavannascrubland+2
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
0.6–1.5 kg
10–15 yrs
WetlandLakeRiver+1
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Great Egret
Ardea alba
0.7–1.5 kg
15–22 yrs
WetlandCoastRiver+4
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
24–40 g
2–13 yrs
UrbanGardenFarmland+2
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
0.28–0.45 kg
10–20 yrs
Woodlandeucalyptus_forestFarmland+1
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
0.3–0.65 kg
5–22 yrs
WetlandCoastMangrove+3
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Little Penguin
Eudyptula minor
0.8–1.5 kg
6–20 yrs
CoastOcean
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
0.23–0.35 kg
8–15 yrs
TundraCoastOcean+2
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
8.5–15 kg
10–26 yrs
WetlandLakeRiver+4
Vulnerable
🦅 Birds
North Island Brown Kiwi
Apteryx mantelli
1.4–3.9 kg
25–50 yrs
ForestscrublandGrassland
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
0.9–2.1 kg
7–25 yrs
WetlandCoastOcean+4
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
0.65–0.95 kg
15–34 yrs
OceanCoastRocky Cliffs
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Southern Cassowary
Casuarius casuarius
17–85 kg
12–40 yrs
RainforestWoodland
Least Concern
🦅 Birds
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
0.11–0.16 kg
3–8 yrs
WoodlandFarmlandGarden+3